Tories’ Anti-Terror Bill Undermines Values It’s Meant to Protect0

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• 2 février 2015

 Published in the Toronto Star, February 2, 2015

When a prime minister announces one of the most draconian anti-terrorism bills in his nation’s history — and does this not in the national legislature, but at an election-type campaign stop …

This Isn’t the Kind of War Bombs Can Win0

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• 10 octobre 2014

Published in iPolitics, October 7, 2014

For starters, let’s stop calling them Islamic State. As President Barack Obama has pointed out, the mass murderers in black cutting a bloody trail through Iraq and Syria are neither truly Islamic nor …

Harper Goes to the UN for Domestic Consumption in 20150

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• 22 septembre 2014

Published on National Newswatch, September 22, 2014

In the week of September 22, 2014, Stephen Harper will address the UN General Assembly, the global forum that not only he has shunned in his almost nine years of office but …

With Syria, the US and Britan are Trapped in the Past0

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• 17 septembre 2013

Published in the Huffington Post Canada, September 16, 2013

William Faulkner’s most brilliant insight was his quip that « The past is never dead, it is not even past. » It is the past that is now befuddling the …

Corruption in Africa, Corruption in Canada: Different Scale, Same Problem0

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• 2 juillet 2013

Published in the Globe and Mail, July 1, 2013

The trip to East Africa with an attempt to climb Mount Kilimanjaro was a check off my bucket list. But the professional lessons I learned from that trip were also …

Intervening in Syria Would be Illegal. It Would Also be Right.0

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• 2 mai 2013

Published in the Globe and Mail, May 1, 2013

 If the United States becomes convinced that Bashar al-Assad’s regime has started using chemical weapons against its own citizens, the “red line” set down by President Barack Obama will have …

Canada’s Diplomatic Tantrum in the Desert0

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• 18 avril 2013

Published in iPolitics, April 9, 2013

A little more than two weeks ago, Canada became the only nation on the planet to walk away from the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.

The decision to withdraw — making Canada the …

Canada’s Reputation is Tainted by Bribery and Abuse. Only Boards Can Rescue It.0

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• 5 mars 2013

Published in the Globe and Mail, March 5, 2013

The reputations of Canadian companies operating abroad are under serious attack. The attention of governments and the global private sector is being drawn to recent headlines such as “SNC bribery …

Defending Canada’s Human Rights and Rule of Law Legacy0

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• 21 janvier 2013

2013 will see the UN and many countries around the world celebrating the 65^th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  It should also be the year that we celebrate a Canadian law professor, John Humphrey, who as …